I usually only use them as an ingredient in cooking something else, with olives, cheese, herbs etc. I used them a few days ago to make some potato cakes, that was very yum:

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- Boil potatoes in their skins until just tender (abt 15min)
- Drain, leave to cool then crush roughly with a fork
- Add shallots, olives, parsley, half the cheese and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Beat the egg and, along with the flour, add just enough to bind the mix (I used the whole tbsp of flour but I think half an egg max was plenty. They do feel pretty sloppy at first but once they've set in the fridge and cooked they're fine)
- Shape into 8 flat cakes and chill for at least an hour or overnight
- When ready to cook heat a non-stick pan and cook on medium to high heat in Fry Light for about 4min on each side.
(Tip: rather than spraying the pan with Fry light as I usually do I found it better to spray each cake at *really* close range about 3 times - it's a big white splodge but made them go beautifully brown, they didn't stick at all and it saved me scrubbing burnt-out Fry Light from the edges of the pan - plus its a *lot* less fry Light than I usually use to fry things)

In the original recipe these are supposed to be served with a poached egg on top and then sprinkled with the rest of the cheese and some salsa verde but tbh I think they were so nice just as they were it was a waste. Next time I'd put all the cheese in the cake instead of sprinkling the rest on top.

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Its just occurred to me the capers were in fcat in the sauce that went with it, not the burger itself Sorry about that! It was a salsa verde but you were meant to put loads of oil in which obviously I wasnt going to do, so I just stuck a couple of tsp in and topped up with water. It was OK but nothing special, probably wouldnt bother again.

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I usually only use them as an ingredient in cooking something else, with olives, cheese, herbs etc. I used them a few days ago to make some potato cakes, that was very yum:

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Yum, just made and eaten some of this! Because I can never leave any recipe alone and didn't have all the ingredients, I did change the recipe though - mainly including the capers in the cakes, substituting wheatgerm for flour, and baking in a silicone case for 25mins at 180C. Thanks for the idea, it was delicious

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